Oil-fuel generator.



N0. 705,565. Patsutod July 29,1902.

W. H. DYE.

OIL FUEL GENERATOR.

(Application filed July 18, 1901.)

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WITNESSES:

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFIQE.

\VILLIAM H. DYE, OF INDIANAPOLIS, INDIANA, ASSIGNOR OF ONE-HALF TO JOHNM. WHARTON, OF INDIANAPOLIS, INDIANA.

OIL-FUEL GENERATOR.

SPECIFICATION forming part Of Letters Patent NO. 705,565, dated July 29,1902. Application filed July 13, 1901. $erial No. 68,151. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern.-

Beitknown that I, WILLIAM H. DYE, of Indianapolis, county of Marion, andState of Indiana, have inyenteda certain new and useful Oil-FuelGenerator; and I do hereby declare that the following is a full,clear, and exact description thereof, reference being had to theaccompanying drawings, in which like figures refer to like parts.

The object of this invention is to provide an effective and successfuloil-fuel generator which is simple, small, and compact and which willnot be gummed or choked by the oil and wherein steam, oil, and air areused and combined and the oil is vaporized, the arrangement being suchthat before the admixture of the three the steam-chamber will lieadjacent the water-and-oil chamber for heating the water and oil.

One feature of the invention consists in keeping the oil while in thedevice ona body of water out of contact with the parts of the deviceabove or below it and by maintaining said body of waterata uniformheight registerin g with the oil-outlet. A very thin sheet of oil willbe supported on the body of water, which will pass out'of the devicewithout contacting with the walls of the chamber, and

when thedevice and themwater therein be-,

come heated it will be vaporized before it leaves the device. This andthe other features of my invention will be understood from theaccompanying drawings and the following description and claims.

In the drawings, Figure 1 is a central longitudinal section of thedevice. Fig. 2 is a cross-section on the line 2 2 of Fig. 1. Fig. 3 is across-section on the line 3 3 of Fig. 1.

In the device herein shown for the purpose of illustrating the generalpurpose of my invention a central pipe forms a naturalgas chamber, towhich natural gas is supplied through the supply-pipe 11, and it c iscontrolled by the valve12. An outlet 13 is provided at the other-end.This chamber for the natural gas is notneeded where natural gas is notused as aportion of the fuel.

Surrounding the natural-gas chamber and shorter than it I mount thecylinder 15, forming the air-chamber. At the inlet end of said chamberthere are inlet-openings 16, which the valve 22.

are regulated by the damper 17, that is mounted rotatably in the pipe 10and adjacent the endplate of the cylinder 15. Suitable outlet-openings18 are provided at the other end, being a series of holes arranged in acircle.

, A steam .-chamberis formed by the cylinder 20, that surrounds thecylinder and is closed at the inlet end. It is supplied with steamthrough the pipe 21,thatis controlled by The outlet is at the other endthrough the small pipe 23, said outlet-opening being at the bottom ofthe cylinder 20.

The water-and-oil chamber is formed by the cylinder 25, that surroundsthe cylinder 20 and'is closed at the inlet end. The outlet is throughthe tube 26, located near the upper part of the chamber. The chamber isfilled Withwaterhp to the outlet, so that there is always awater-surface in said chamber registering with the outlet. Theoutlet-opening is controlled by the needle-valve 27. Oil enters saidchamber at the top through the pipe 28, which is controlled by the valve29. Steam is also admitted into the water-and-oil chamber through thepipes and 28. This steaminlet is controlled by the valve 31. Beforesufficientsteam has been raised in the boiler heated bymeans of ;thisburner the burner is started and operated'by means of the compressedairentering thetopofthe water-andoil chamberfrom any suitable source ofsupply through the pipe '32, which is controlled byjthe valve. 33. e l IThe mixing-chamber is formed by the conical nozzle 35, which screws on.at its end to the outer cylinder 25. In the series of cylinders andpipes mentioned theinner ones extend at each end somewhat beyond theouter surrounding pipes.

The device is operated inthe following manner: Enough water is placed inthe water-andoil tank, which feeds the device, substantially to fill thewater-and-oilchamber. Then the valve 29 is opened, whereupon the waterenters said chamber .lirst and when fullflows out through the pipe 26.\Vhen the chamber is filled once with water, no other water need beintroduced. The oil in the water'and-oil tank or supply will follow thewater and form a layer on top of the water in said chamber.

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If no steam be used, the valve 33 is opened to admit compressed air andto drive the oil out through the mixing-chamber, where it is lighted.When sufficient steam-pressuresay-ten pounds-is obtained, the valve 33is closed and the valve 22 is left open. Also the valve 31 is open forintroducing more steam directly into the oil. This heats the oil anddrives it out through the outlet 26 into the mixingchamber and throughthe nozzle. When, however, the heat of the steam in the steam -chambersufficiently heats the water supporting the oil as to cause thevaporization of the oil, the valve 31 may be closed, but it need not be,as a small quantity of steam may be advantageously passed into thewater-and-oil chamber at all times, for it increases the power of thedevice and the rapidity of the vaporization of the oil. The heat in thesteam-chamber will also warm the air in the air-chamber, as thesteam-chamber lies between the air-chamber and the waterand-oil chamber.The steam is passed out of the steam-chamber through the opening atthebottom to prevent the collection of condensation-water.

With this device crude oil may be used without difficulty, as the steamheats and vaporizes the oil and the heavy particles sink through thewater to the bottom of the chamber. There is a waste-plug 36, closing anopening in the bottom of the water-and-oil chamber to remove thesediment when desired. By floating the oil on the water in a very thinsheet and the Water being hot the oil is quickly heated and vaporized,and by maintaining the water-level above the cylinder 20 and below thetop of the cylinder 25 the oil is not in contact with the surface ofsaid cylinders, so that there is no opportunity for the oil to gum anypart of the device or close it.

WVhat I claim as my invention, and desire to secure by Letters Patent,is-

1. An oil-fuel generatorincluding a steamchamber, and a water-and-oilchamber into which the steam-chamber extends for heating the contentsthereof, the outlet from the water-and-oil chamber being at a higherpoint than the steam-chamber, whereby the water will envelop thesteam-chamber and support the oil above and out of contact with thesteam-chamber.

2. An oil-fuel generator including a cylindrical steam-chamber, acylindrical waterand-oil chamber surrounding the steam-chamber, meansfor supplying steam to the steamchamber, means for supplying oil to thewater-and-oil chamber at one end, an outlet from the water-and-oilchamber above the steam-chamberat the other end, and an outlet from thesteam-chamber at the same end near the bottom.

3. An oil-fuel generator including an airchamber open at both ends, asteam-chamber surrounding the air-chamber, a water-and-oil chambersurrounding the steam'-chamber, means at one end for supplying steam tothe steam-chamber and oil to the oil-chamber, an outlet at the other endfrom the water-andoil chamber near its top, and an outlet from thesteam-chamber near its bottom.

4. An oil-fuel generator consisting of a natural-gas chamber, a pipeleading thereto to supply the same, an air-chamber surrounding thenatural-gas chamber and held in place by perforated end caps that screwupon the natural-gas chamber, a steam-chamber surrounding theair-chamber and which screws upon the same at each end and provided withan outlet-opening near its bottom at one end and a steam-inlet openingnear its top at the other end, a Water-and-oil chamber surrounding thesteam-chamber, a steam-pipe and also an oil-pipe entering one end ofsaid chamber near its top, and an outlet-opening at the other end ofsaid chamber at a point above the steam-chamber, and a conical nozzlethat screws upon the outlet end of said water-and oil chamber,substantially as set forth.

In Witness whereof I have hereunto affixed my signature in the presenceof the witnesses herein named.

WILLIAM H. DYE.

\Vitnesses: I

FLORENCE E. BRYANT, V. H. LooKWooD.

